genart_sys | a window on digital culture

genart_sys | a window on digital culture

An exhibition presented by the Australia Council for the Arts and curated by New Media Curation | 28 January - 16 March 2011.

The Australia Council has a strategic priority to build arts content for the digital era. We know that audiences are seeking creative experiences on a wide variety of digital platforms and are keen to connect with these live immersive worlds.

genart_sys showcases 19 innovative artists, collectives and organisations supported by the Australia Council from a broad range of artforms. Theirs is a generative, ever evolving system of art-making, by which artists are innovating and sharing stories and knowledge over space and time, playing and interfacing with audiences across diverse platforms and communities.

Some artists are investigating what we can do with highly portable technologies such as smart phones and wiimotes. Others are playing with unconventional sports like roller derby, with alliances of old and new media like origami and robotics, and even experimenting with a power-tool orchestra. And many are researching new ways to connect with science.

Building digital culture, all these artists are connecting with us across real and virtual platforms, leading us into new territory with exciting examples of how technologies and content can converge.

It’s all about exploring how Australians can differently experience and interact with the arts.

Come in and see; stay online and discuss!

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Photography by: Aram Dulyan

Bienalto House | Lighting up Christmas 2010

Along with these established artists, the Bienalto design team have contributed other lighting projections within the 'Christmas lights' theme.  This event also marks the launch of the new-look website for Bienalto, which neatly encapsulates everything Bienalto does - analysis, strategy, design, content and up in time for Christmas.

Following tradition, Bienalto has brewed another boutique beer for the event, BierAlto II. This American Pale Ale has been brewed by bienalto's own Jack McIntyre who will sample the first bottle for us on the night.

Photography by | Deborah Turnbull & Richard Byers

Photography by | Matt Cummings and Aram Dulyan to follow

Synergies Symposium | Art - Science - Spirituality

The Sydney Symposium ʻSYNERGIES - New Consciousness for our Futureʼ is an event where people from all walks of life can get together with professionals from the worlds of Art and Science, lateral and spiritual thinkers, to engage in discussion and to foster contacts; to stimulate a positive and creative thought process.

Photography by | Deborah Turnbull's iPhone

Art/Science Speed Dating @ the Ultimo Science Festival

Organised by Derek Williamson at the Powerhouse Museum, Art/Science speed dating included a Beta_space project assimilate, by Damian Hills; the Face to Face installation featuring CAM; a collaboration between Matthew Connell and Matt Huyhn resulting in a graphic novel on maths; and a performance by Michaela Davies and Kerry Ambler titled Subsoma.

It was a good night, look for further details in the upcoming PHM quarterly publication, POWERLINE.

Photography by | Aram Dulyan

BLOODBATH, by bumpp.net

This art + sport experience involves an all girl flat track roller derby game, 9 October 2010 @ the Hordern Pavillion, sensors on the helmets of players, and a live data feed their five artworks, generating digital elaborations of the moves and collisions on track.

BLOODBATH is a collaborative distributed artwork by Bump Projects in association with the Sydney Roller Derby League and funded by the Australia Arts Council. BLOODBATH features five artists (Linda Dement, Kate Richards, Sarah Waterson, Francesca da Rimini, and Nancy Mauro-Flude) with recognised track records in new media, data visualisation, mediated performance and/or work with embodiment or violence.

Photography by| Jonathon Delacour

Photography by| Aram Dulyan